Quest for Home: A Critique of Globalization in Girish Karnad’s Wedding Album

Abstract

The present research “Quest for Home: A Critique of Globalization in Girish Karnad’s Wedding Album” excavates the causes of suffering to an expatriate who is in the deep network of globalization and materialism of twenty first century. Ashwin Panje, an Indian-American boy is in the state of cultural and spiritual crisis in the US due to the encroachment of western globalization. He feels himself as culturally hollow. He is burning inside like a volcano because of the lack of his own culture, tradition and custom. He longs for his native country and returns India to marry a traditional Hindu girl who could save him from cultural crisis. His returning to India from the US indicates the significance of the custom, tradition, rituals, culture and spirituality to the individuals who are entangled in the vast maroon of western globalization. It reflects the quest for home which is an important issue for an expatriate. On the one hand, he returns India in search of his culture and spirituality on the other hand, the Indian society no longer remains as traditional as in the past. The socio-cultural aspects of the society have been altered due to the flows of globalization.